WhatsApp

Author: Gerardo Kessler

Important: This addon only works with the UWP version of the app.

Command List:

• Open the application; unassigned by default, choose which keystroke to use in NVDA/Preferences/Input Gestures
• Record and send voice message; control + r
• Discard voice message during recording; control + shift + r
• Speak the time elapsed during recording; control + t
• Move focus between message list and edit box; alt + left arrow
• Focus the chats list; alt + right arrow
• Speak the name of the active conversation with contact or group; control + shift + t
• Display selected message in a window (useful to skip hearing quoted content); alt + r
• Press the Attach button; control + shift + a
• Press the Audio call button; control + shift + l
• Press the Video call button; control + shift + v
• Press the Chat info button; control + shift + i
• Activate the filter window; control + shift + o
• Toggle edited posts (if enabled, phone numbers of people who aren't in your contacts will be stripped when reading the message list); control + alt + n
• Toggle plugin sounds activation; control + alt + s
• Toggle the display of emojis in messages; control + alt + e
• Focus start of unread messages; alt + down arrow
• Say the last messages of the open chat; alt + 1 to 9

Message list

Focusing on an audio message activates the following gestures:

• Space; play and pause the message
• left arrow; rewinds the audio message (only works with stopped audio)
• right arrow; advance audio message (only works with audio stopped)
• control + space; toggle between 3 playback speeds (only works with audio being played)

When focusing a message with a link:

• control + enter; capture and open the link in the default browser

Focusing on a message with attachment

• alt + r; verbalize the file data

Translations:

The following people contributed translations of this add-on

• Remy Ruiz (French)
• Umut KORKMAZ (Turkish)
• Valentin Kupriyanov (Russian)
• Scott Chesworth (English)